Kelly apologized to her colleagues later that day in an internal email, saying, “I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep. I’ve never been a ‘pc’ kind of person — but I understand that we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age.”

Honoree Megyn Kelly speaks onstage during The Hollywood Reporter’s Annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles at Milk Studios on December 7, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter)

Kelly joined NBC in 2017, agreeing to a three-year, $69 million deal to host a Sunday night news program and a daily morning show as part of the “TODAY” family.

Prior to her tenure at NBC, she spent over a decade in various roles at Fox News.

Kelly told TMZ earlier in the day Friday that she’ll “definitely” be back on television in 2019.